Entering India from Bangladesh, 4 Rohingya Muslims flew to Russia; 2 took a ‘donkey route’ to Latvia. Sent back, arrested & now out on bail, their journeys highlight costs of a refugee’s dreams.
The violence has intensified as fighting between Myanmar's ruling junta and the Arakan Army, a powerful ethnic militia drawn from the Buddhist majority.
International watchdogs like Amnesty, as well as Rohingya activist groups, have previously accused the Arakan Army of abuses like abductions. It has always denied the allegations.
Around 70,000 Rohingya who are currently in Maungdaw are trapped as the fighting draws closer, said Aung Kyaw Moe, the deputy human rights minister in Myanmar's shadow National Unity Government.
According to reports, 90 women and children were among migrants. UN refugee agency said 2022 may have been one of the deadliest years at sea in almost a decade for the Rohingya.
In a tweet early Wednesday, Housing Minister Hardeep Singh Puri highlighted a media report on a possible Rohingya resettlement, but was slammed by VHP.
Around 1,100 Rohingyas staying in tents will be shifted into flats equipped with basic facilities and round-the-clock security provided by the Delhi Police.
This confrontation looks subcontracted—escalation to re-establish Pakistan's indispensability to outside capitals while squeezing Afghanistan back under an old paradigm.
CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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